Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > Mail Cart Maker Unknown Date of Creation Early 20th Century Location Unknown (Used in Shepherdstown, West Virginia) Materials Wood, canvas, leather, glass, metal Institution Historic Shepherdstown Commission and Museum...
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Gift Basket
Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > Gift Basket Maker Elizabeth Hickox (Karuk/Wiyot and European American) Date of Creation c. 1915 Location Somes Bar, California Materials Myrtle, wild grape root, maidenhair fern, wolf lichen, and dyed porcupine quills...
Red Flower
Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > Red Flower Maker Mary Base Date of Creation c. 1982 Location Michigan Materials Black ash, sweet grass, quill Institution Dennos Museum Center Credit Line Gift from Allie and Jay Maldonado in memory of Leo Mishege...
Headdress
Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > Headdress Maker Kayla McDermott Date of Creation 2020 Location Kodiak, Alaska Materials Glass beads, silver charms, imitation sinew, cow leather Institution Alutiiq Museum & Archaeological Repository Credit Line...
Siener
Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > Siener Maker Tracy Opheim Date of Creation 2009 Location Kodiak, Alaska Materials Baleen, adhesive, fishing twine, ivory, brass, Wesson oil Institution Alutiiq Museum & Archaeological Repository Credit Line Purchased...
Cape (‘ahu ‘ula)
Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > Cape ('ahu 'ula) Maker Unknown Date of Creation Before 1821 Location Hawai'i Materials Featherwork Institution Yale University Art Gallery Credit Line Gift of Harrison F. Bassett in memory of his wife Elizabeth Ives...
Powder Horn
Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > Powder Horn Maker Pαnawαhpskek (Penobscot Nation) Artist Once Known Date of Creation 1825–50 Location Northeastern Woodlands Region Materials Horn, incised decoration, paint, wood Institution Museum of Fine Arts, Boston...
Pianoforte
Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > Pianoforte Maker Nunns and Fischer Date of Creation 1846–48 Location New York, New York Materials Rosewood, pine, brass, iron steel, ivory, ebony Institution Merchant's House Museum Credit Line N/A Accession Number MHM...
Basket
Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > Basket Maker Aleksandra Kudrin Reinken Date of Creation 1905 Location Unalaska Island, Alaska Materials Wild rye grass (Elyleymus aleuticus) and silk thread Institution Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College Credit Line...









